Car end construction



1. DUNCAN.

CAR END CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23. I919.

' 1, 350,442. Patented Aug- 24, 1920.

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fpressure, these pockets are tipped over and 15" 'sociati'on 'tlierewitlnfthereby greatly weakening the car end structure. ipOkGtS when subjectedto pressure break awaytheupper and outer portions 'of the UNIITEDF sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

- JOHN ruivcnn, or BooNE, Iowa,

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To all whom ma ramm- Be'it' known that I, 'JoHNDUNo'Am-a Crtlzen of the United States, residing at Boone,

in the county of Boone and State of Iowa, have invented certain new-and useful 1m provements in Car "End Construction, of fwhich thefollowing is aspeci fi'cation.

' i .This invention relates to car end constructions, and more particularly to means for retaining the end posts in position.

The car end post retaining means in use today takesthe form of'pockets which-are Under theend'posts are forced oiit'of operative asend silk-Although the wood of such end sill is perfectly strong, it is practically impossible to use such end sills when so damaged, especially with the'pockets in question.

Accordingly, the object of this invention is to provide simple and novelmeans whereby the end posts may be retained in place, such means being applicable to damaged end sills for repair work as well as in new constructions.

This and other objects are accomplished by means of the arrangement disclosed on the accompanying sheets of drawings, in which I p Figure 1 is an end view of a railway car embodying my invention; I

Fig. 2'is a fragmentary sectional view of the same car taken in the plane of line 2'2 of Fig. 1; p

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View of the end portion of the car showing, among other things, my improved means for securing end posts to the top plate and end sill;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view of a modified form of bracket which opera tively connects the end sill and a frame portion of the car; I

Fig. 5'is a sectional view taken in the plane of line 5-5 of Fig. 4.; and

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail rear elevation of the bracket connected to an end post and end sill, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5.

The variousnovel features of my invention will be apparent from the following description and drawings, and will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

outer "corner of the end sill, making Specification of Letters Patent. Aug. 24, 1920. k micati'on'mea ohtoberea' 1919. Serial 1%. 332,615.'

'R'eferringfto the figures of the"drawings,

As mentioned hereinabove, heretofore the it-will benote'd' that I have'illu'strated my 'nventionin connection with a ilreight car, including sides 10 ah'd'ends which, among "other-things, include an end sin 11, end 'pl'ate 12, and end posts 13;

posts to"b'e forced out of operative associ'ation with the-pockets an'd'en'd sills,-th'ereby weakeningth'e end structure of the car and many'tir'nes breaking aw'ayth'e upper and use. of the latter impossible.

-' In my present construction, Ihave shown the end posts 13 inthe form of I-beams hav- 1 iiig flahges'let. #I choose to op'eratively connect the end sills with the end posts by means of brackets 15 having a main web 16 and oppositely extending flanges 17 and 18,

the bracket therefor being of Z-shape. The webof the bracket-15 rests upon the upper surface of the end sill 11 and is interposed between the latter and the lower end of the end post 13, the outer flange 17 being secured to the outer flanges 14 of the end post 13 by rivets or bolts 19. The inner flanges 18 hook over or embrace the inner sides of further the end sill 11, the bracket 15 preferably be ing secured to the end sill by bolts 20, which pass through the end sill 11 and the web 16 of the bracket at a point preferably behind the end post. By thus operatively securing the end post to the end sill, there is no possibility for the end sill to become damaged.

Furthermore, if it is desired to apply my bracket arrangement to a damaged end sill for repair work, the same may be easily accomplished in the manner hereinabove described. The upper end of the end posts in each case is secured to the end plate 12 by .otherthan an I-beam, whether of wood or metal.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1, 5, and

it Will be noted that I have shown aCOm posite bracket for operatively connecting the 7 end posts 24 with an end member of the car such as can end sill 25, one member 'of' the composite bracket being in the form of an 7 angle 26, the vertical flange 27 ofwhich is secured to the end post 24: by any suitable means, such as by rivets 28, the horizontal portion 29 of the bracket member 26 being provided with a toothed portion 30; which side of the end sill 25,; 7

The vhorizontal leg 32 of the is lprovided with an elongated opening-35 for thereception oft'he fastening bolt 36. j The horizontal portion, 29 of theupper bracket openings 37, whereby the bracket members 7 Bfiand 33 may be selectively secured ;to each gother in: various. meshing positions. By

endportions' of; the car, having varying dimensions may be-operatively secured to the end post in a simple manner.

invention, and it is my intention to cover all such modificatlons Whlch do not involve fisw applicable to end sills and posts which member 26 is provided with a plurality of A end construction, brace rods 38 are provided,

which'extend from the car sides to the end posts 13, said reinforcing members extending-diagonally across the corners, as particularly shown in. Fig. 20f the: drawings. There may be various modificationsof my a departurefroin thespirit and scope of the invention as set forth iin the following a ms P e 40 1. In a ailway car, an end slum; end

post, and a bracket "operatively connecting thejsame comprising a plur alityv of relatively adjustable .parts whereby said bracket may have d'ifierentdimensions. V

2,;ln arailway-car, an end sill, an end post, and means for operatively connect ng I said endsill and end post, said meanscomprising relatively adjustable tooth-members .whereby end sillsand'end posts of various,- means of this arrangement, endsi-lls-orbther:

:such means. y

Signed at Boone, Iowa, this 9th day of I v e 1,,October, 1919. orfurther.addingto the strength of the I dimensions may be operatively connected by 5 "JQHNDUNGA 

